Tag Archives: Tree shelters

Tree Tube Feedback 3

From a customer in Wisconsin, who planted northern red oak seedlings in tree tubes in spring 2013: We love them (the trees and tubes)! We planted 50 red oak, about 24″ tall on Memorial Day. Most are 3′ – 4′ … Continue reading

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Tree Tube Feedback 2

Feedback continues to pour in from customers who planted spring of 2013 and before… along with some stunning photographs!  From a customer in IN who bought 5ft tree tubes for his trees and cut some in half for use on … Continue reading

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Tree Tube Feedback

I love this time of year, because this is when I hear back from a lot of the tree planters I spoke to in spring and get feedback on how their tree tubes worked.   I received this email from a … Continue reading

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Tree Tube Results

As the 2013 growing season winds up a lot of tree planters are out in the field doing some autumn weed control and taking stock of the year’s results… which is great for me because I get a lot of … Continue reading

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Tree tubes aid in the establishment of American chestnuts

The Tree Tubes Forum blog has been posting some great information about using tree tubes on American chestnut trees… check it out!

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American chestnut trees in vented tree tubes: “Straight as an arrow”

A customer in Mississippi used our vented 5ft tree tubes on a few dozen American chestnut seedlings (that he had started from seed in root pruning pots).  He had been told by several experts within the chestnut restoration community that … Continue reading

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IrriPan Weed Mats… rockin’ it!

You are not going to believe this.  Take a look: You read that correctly.  This Chinese chestnut was planted in July, 2012 as a 12″ seedling.  It was immediately protected with a 4ft tree tube.  It was watered a few … Continue reading

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Amazing what a little rain will do!

Customers in the Midwest who suffered through the drought of 2012 saw the benefit of tree tubes in terms of increased survival – in many cases tree tubes made the difference between a high level of success and complete failure. … Continue reading

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Don’t remove tree tubes too soon, when the job is only half done

I have been getting a lot of questions lately – and seeing a lot of online discussion on sportsmen forums – about when to remove tree tubes.  These questions/discussions are typically along the lines of:  “My trees quickly grew out … Continue reading

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No tube no growth

I received a text yesterday with a photo and the simple message:  “No tube no growth.”  The photo shows a sawtooth oak that was planted about 3 months ago without a tree tube.  The black pot is shown to provide … Continue reading

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